Let’s keep this short and sweet. Sometimes a scene grabs you and you have to capture it. I saw this as I was leaving work. It had been raining all day and was rather dreary when I left, sometime around 5:00 PM. Usually the parking spaces would be full and, as it was around 5:00 PM … let’s just say that good parking spaces were easy to come by.

As I walked to my car, I saw this tree and the pattern that it had worn in the paint on the wall behind it. Or perhaps the tree has protected it from the fading effects of the sun. I didn’t investiage. I started to ignore it, but felt that I simply must take this shot. I went to the car, grabbed the Leica, took about 3 shots, and went on to shoot other things.

Perhaps my mind was receptive:

A very receptive state of mind… not unlike a sheet of film itself – seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second’s exposure conceives a life in it. — Minor White

Why I took the shot, I may never know, but I felt that I could not ignore it. I’m sure that I’m not alone in this. 🙂

The world of acronyms and I understand the code, but I only played at the edges of those processes. I was not too serious and it always seemed easier for others to develop and print.

I am glad you stopped and photographed an image when there was a glint in your mind. I don’t know how many times I have gone by something and then wished later I had taken the time to explore further and actually photograph something.

I am trying to pay attention more and when that first inkling strikes, stop, figure out why it caught my eye and then hopefully photograph it.